Tennessee Health Insurance Coverage Status By Race and Ethnicity in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on October 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, 89.93% of the population of Tennessee had a health insurance coverage (i.e. 6,076,473 people), and 10.07% did not have a health insurance coverage (i.e. 680,094 people).

By Race: The following racial groups in Tennessee had the highest percentage of their population group without a health insurance coverage: the Some Other Race Alone racial group (34.80%), the American Indian and Alaska Native Alone racial group (16.81%), and the Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone racial group (14.04%).

By Ethnicity: The Non-Hispanic White Alone ethnicity group in Tennessee had 8.14% of its population without a health insurance coverage, and the Hispanic or Latino of All Races ethnicity group had 30.62% of its population without a health insurance coverage.

The charts below show the percentage of each race and ethnicity's population with or without a health insurance coverage in Tennessee. The tables below also show the number of people with or without a health insurance coverage for each race and ethnicity in Tennessee.

You can also see similar information for other states, and for the United States.

Tennessee Health Insurance Coverage Status By Race in 2021
White Alone
Black or AA Alone
Asian Alone
AIAN Alone
NHPI Alone
SOR Alone
Two or More Races
Tennessee Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
Non-Hisp White Alone
Hispanic or Latino
Tennessee Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
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Race Num. of People With Health Insurance Num. of People Without Health Insurance
Some Other Race Alone 80099 42743
American Indian and Alaska Native Alone 12211 2467
Native Hawaiian And Pacific Islander Alone 3571 583
Two Or More Races 222663 35608
Black or African American Alone 973146 127764
Asian Alone 112657 12199
White Alone 4672126 458730
Tennessee Health Insurance Coverage Status By Ethnicity in 2021
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Ethnicity Num. of People With Health Insurance Num. of People Without Health Insurance
Non-Hispanic White Alone 4536374 401798
Hispanic or Latino of All Races 271247 119698